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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 8, how does the girl break her mother's heart, according to the Kid?
(a) She will not attend school.
(b) She does not respect her father.
(c) She refuses to take her medication.
(d) She will not eat grits.

2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, after his meeting with Kline, who does Bobby go searching for?
(a) The missing passenger.
(b) His friend Borman.
(c) A friend of Bobby's father.
(d) Oiler's family.

3. In the italicized section of Chapter 7, what does the dummy in the trunk say his name is?
(a) Puddentain.
(b) Pontchartrain.
(c) Poussaint.
(d) Pynchon.

4. In the italicized section of Chapter 6, what is in the old steamer trunk that is in the chicken house?
(a) The girls grandmother's letters.
(b) The girl's father's college papers.
(c) Bobby's diary.
(d) The girl's comb,

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, what does Bobby tell Kline that he finds in the woods when Bobby is 13?
(a) A tiger that escaped from the zoo.
(b) A crashed racing plane.
(c) A cave with a sleeping bear inside.
(d) A young boy running with a pack of stray dogs.

6. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, what happens to Bobby's pet while he is away on the dive job?
(a) It gives birth to babies.
(b) It makes a friend with a bird.
(c) It dies.
(d) It runs away.

7. When Bobby goes to Stella Maris after driving away from his winter residence, who does he visit with?
(a) A nurse named Minerva.
(b) A patient named Jeffrey.
(c) A doctor named Markus.
(d) A nurse named Liam.

8. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, what animal does John see at the Absinthe House a while back?
(a) A hairy-eared dwarf lemur.
(b) A three toed sloth
(c) A two-legged dog.
(d) A Tongan chimp.

9. In the italicized section of Chapter 7, what is the dummy made out of?
(a) Metal.
(b) Glass.
(c) Wood.
(d) Clay.

10. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, what is Bobby doing in Paris?
(a) Learning how to dive.
(b) Attending university.
(c) Tuning and testing out Bobby's race car.
(d) Going on a tour of art museums.

11. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, what is the girl writing in her notebook when the Kid wants to look at it?
(a) Technical drawings of violins.
(b) Musical compositions.
(c) Architectural designs.
(d) Shorthand notes on Gabelsberger.

12. In the italicized section of Chapter 6, what does the girl think that she and her other classmates look like in their all white clothes?
(a) Like dead children in a dream.
(b) Like angels in heaven.
(c) Like clouds in the sky.
(d) Like snow in a field.

13. In the italicized section of Chapter 8, what is the bar called where the girl gets a job?
(a) Middle of Nowhere.
(b) East of Eden.
(c) The Library.
(d) Someplace Else.

14. What is another of Bobby's nicknames for John?
(a) Tall Oak.
(b) 'Bama.
(c) Ancient One.
(d) Mossy Creek.

15. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, why does John say that he is in a brown study?
(a) John is broke.
(b) Tulsa has left.
(c) John's parole officer broke up with him.
(d) John's boots were stolen.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, what is Kline's profession?

2. In the italicized section of Chapter 7, what does the Kid initially say that the sticker says on the dummy's trunk?

3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, what keeps the rest of the crew from joining Bobby?

4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, what is John's father's profession?

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, what is Kline's role in his family's carnival?

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